All right, here’s the deal with kickers. You’re not drafting one until the last round. The only time it’s okay to draft a kicker before the last round is if you draft a kicker in the penultimate round and decide to use your last pick on a defense.

In other words, if you draft a kicker in any round other than the final two rounds, you should not be playing fantasy football. In one of my leagues, almost every member insists on drafting two kickers – one in the middle rounds and one in the later rounds. This is simply not intelligent.

Usually the top-ranked kicker on the board, Gostkowski’s value decreases slightly this year – mainly because New England’s offense has been decimated by free agency, injuries and murder charges (well, just one murder charge, but you get the point).

Bailey isn’t a great long-distance kicker, but he converted 29 of 31 attempts last season, including all 26 from inside of 50.

9) Garrett Hartley, Saints

The New Orleans offense is really friggin’ efficient, which is not necessarily a good thing for fantasy kickers. Hartley’s 57 extra points were the second-most in football last year, but his 22 field-goal attempts were the fewest among kickers who played a full season. Then again, you’re probably not banking on your kicker to win games for you. Sometimes, a guaranteed five or six points off PATs is all you’re looking for.

Zuerlein started his career 14-of-14 before enduring a rookie slump (he missed eight of his final 16 attempts). Still, there’s a lot to like here – including the Rams offense, which should be much-improved.